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I am not ignoring you folks. I check the threads regularly. I just never have time to provide the witty, brilliant and hilarious responses you all have come to expect from me ;)

This assistant director gig is running me ragged. Not at ALL what was promised during my interview and nothing could have prepared me for this job. I'm feeling a little stuck and I am driving my new husband batty with all my crying about work.

I've been doing some reflecting and trying to remember the last time I was really happy with work. The answer was, obviously, when I was working in the school. It really was the most fulfilling job I've ever had and I miss it so much. And I miss you guys, the best coworkers ever.

I'm feeling blue. Thanks for reading.

Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

I am glad to hear that things are starting to come together. They passed a law in NJ this past year that tweaked the requirements to be a school nurse -http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/PL17/70_.HTM the reason why i give you this info - when i went through my cert the college wanted me to do so much more than was required by the state. A school nurse I was talking to about going through the process gently recommended that I get my records audited by the state - boom- instead of the 5 or 6 more classes that the college wanted me to take i only had to take one to finish my cert. Oh happy day!

life is funny. I ended up applying to a hospital thinking i'd do bedside to make some extra cash and ended up getting hired on in an administrative role. I ended up working there for over 4 years. Now I am working other side jobs not related to nursing and taking steps to get my masters in a field outside of nursing. I am looking down the line to when i retire - not soon but in the grand scheme of things not terrible far off - and what i'll do then.

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.
I got in! Orientation on 1/10. This is exciting. Also exciting...

For the first time in a while, I feel good.

Wear pink! Stock up on saltines! We'll see you on the other side.

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Specializes in med-surg, IMC, school nursing, NICU.

Ok... slight detour. I got my bill for my first class in the quest to obtain my school nurse certification. Grad school, as it turns out, is pretty expensive. Like, 5 grand per class expensive. They don't tell you that when you apply that's for sure.

Mr. Tomato and I are trying to buy a house and that, too, is very expensive. So I came to the executive decision to hold off on school for a few months until we 1) have a place to live and 2) I am settled in at my new job. A little disappointing but nothing major. I don't want to bite off more than I can chew.

I am also going to apply to different programs because 5k per class is going to suck regardless of where I am in life!! But that's what going on right now in the Garden State.

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Are these certificates state specific? My program was expensive but not quite 5 grand per class!

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